Nipponocrassatella japonica (Salt-water Bream)

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Common Names in English:

Salt-water Bream, Bream, Pinfish, Porgy, Red Porgy, Sailor's Choice

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Bivalvia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Bivalves
        Subclass: Metabranchia ()
        Superorder: Eulamellibranchia ()
        Order: Veneroida () - H. & A. Adams, 1856
        Superfamily: Crassatelloidea ()
        Family: Crassatellidae () -
        Genus: Nipponocrassatella ()
        Specific name: japonica - (Dunker, 1882)
        Scientific name: - Nipponocrassatella japonica (Dunker, 1882)

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Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 18, 2008:

Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens